The award serves to recognize exemplary students as they pursue
a career in athletic training. The awards are named in honor of
Lori Mobley Groover, a past president of the GATA who passed away
in 2009, and are given to identify students who exhibit passion and
enthusiastic leadership as they pursue a career in athletic
training. The award also includes a scholarship from the
association.

Hunter and Bailey both worked with the Bobcat tennis teams this
past season, while the latter also worked with Georgia College
cross country.

Bailey graduated from the University of Alabama in 2013 and is
pursuing a Master’s degree in human performance.

Hunter graduated this spring with a 3.3 GPA, and did additional
clinical rotations with Tattnall Square Academy, Physical &
Athletic Rehabilitation Center, and the Children’s Healthcare
of Atlanta. Jayna will attend Georgia State for graduate school,
majoring in Sports Medicine and serving as a graduate assistant at
Blessed Trinity High School. Her career goal is to one day work
fulltime in the high school setting.

The Georgia Athletic Trainers’ Association is an
organization committed to education of its members and enhancement
of the profession of athletic training, leading to better
healthcare for the population which it serves. The GATA is proudly
composed of licensed athletic trainers in many different settings.
Over 1000 licensed athletic trainers from professional, collegiate,
and high school teams to industries, physician offices, and
rehabilitation clinics all work together to promote and practice
the profession of athletic training within the state of Georgia.
Follow the GATA on Twitter or Facebook (GATAInfo).

The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of
the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs
at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat
Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the
student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in
post-season competition as well as documented academic success and
community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and
Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit
GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home
athletic contests.